We figured this out and got it working on a Dell Vostro 1520 by pulling the latest alsa code from svn.
We got it going for a Dell Inspiron 15 with a slightly different technique. When we get a sec, we'll update the ticket with more information. 2009/10/8 Andrew Hawkins <a.hawkins...@gmail.com> > This is still a problem in Karmic. I get very a very weak signal from > the internal mic on my Dell 1420 with a SigmaTel STAC9228 sound card and > no signal at all from a line-in microphone. Changing the setting in > sound preferences or alsamixer does nothing at all. > > -- > mic not working on dell vostro 1310 1400 with hda intel (gutsy and hardy) > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/188972 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: linux-backports-modules-hardy-generic > > I've got a Dell Vostro 1400 with a hda intel sound card. I've had a cupple > of problems with the sound, but they got (more or less) sorted out. But the > mic has never been working, neither the built-in nor an external one. > > I had gutsy installed and now I changed it to the alpha-release of hardy, > but nothing has changed regarding the function of the mic. On my machine I > had running 2.6.22-14, 2.6.24-3, 2.6.24-4 and 2.6.24-5, but it seemed to > make no difference. > > I could not find any report how to fix it neither in the ubuntu forums nor > in the Dell forums, so I'm trying it here. > -- Andrew -- mic not working on dell vostro 1310 1400 with hda intel (gutsy and hardy) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/188972 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
